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Seg. 1: State Of Health Care | Seg. 2: Sex Scandals & Politics

Segment 1: What 2020 could bring for health care

Health care is one of the hottest issues across the country, and Missouri and Kansas are no exception. We previewed what this year might bring for a variety of health-related issues and storylines.

  • Alex Smith, health reporter for KCUR
  • Dan Margolies, health and legal affairs editor for KCUR


Segment 2, beginning at 19:35: "The public is quite quick to forgive serial adultery in the cases of certain politicians," said Professor Leslie Dorrough Smith.

Sex scandals in politics are nothing new, but the public's reaction to them says a lot about our own morality. To get to the bottom of this, we looked at several famous instances of misconduct, and considered what they say about popular perceptions of gender, race, religion and more.

Copyright 2021 KCUR 89.3. To see more, visit KCUR 89.3.

Steve Kraske is an associate teaching professor of journalism at UMKC, a political columnist for The Kansas City Star and has hosted "Up to Date" since 2002. He worked as the full-time political correspondent for The Star from 1994-2013 covering national, state and local campaigns. He also has covered the statehouses in Topeka and Jefferson City.
Chelsea Engstrom